James Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Digital radio is really the future like digital TV. Analogue will be phased out worldwide in a few years and im guessing terrestrial radio will be later too. Where do you listen to digital radio? Car? Home? :biggrinthumb: Studiio - All-In-One Radio Communication Platform SMS | Phone Calls | Social Media | Content Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THREETEN RADIO Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 I listen to DAB at home. I bet there will be a few more "pirates" on the FM band when all analogue stations have gone, that will make it even more unique then. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teltek Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 DAB here as well, might have a go at DRM on SW sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THREETEN RADIO Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 might have a go at DRM on SW sometime. Forgive my ignorance....... what is DRM? I get the SW bit, I like a tune through the short waves also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaklio Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 It was initially thought that a similar conversion from "analog" to "digital" would occur for radio (the way it has for TV). However, the projected date for this keeps getting delayed. It is now expected that traditional radio will persist for at least another 10 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teltek Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 Forgive my ignorance....... what is DRM? I get the SW bit, I like a tune through the short waves also. DRM, is Digital Radio Mondiale, digital radio on the SW bands, quite a few stations are or have been playing with this. More info here http://www.drm.org/ I seem to remember Morphy Richards had a stand alone Receiver, there were quite a few circuits about to build a simple interface. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THREETEN RADIO Posted April 14, 2009 Share Posted April 14, 2009 DRM, is Digital Radio Mondiale, digital radio on the SW bands, quite a few stations are or have been playing with this. More info here http://www.drm.org/ I seem to remember Morphy Richards had a stand alone Receiver, there were quite a few circuits about to build a simple interface. Ahh.... sounds interesting, thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anaklio Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 Digital radio in the form of Sirius/XM is a useful tool. We listen to it in the car. But it does not work well in cities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazin 97 Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I listen to XM Radio. My only bone to pick is that in hilly areas signal can be spotty. Other than that, very pleased with the programming. I left the corporate graveyard they call terrestrial radio behind years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ricardo Posted April 18, 2009 Share Posted April 18, 2009 I go to a sports bar in the neighbourhood that seems to have a digital station playing oldies. I like the programming, but I tend to hear the same songs on different visits. I'm not sure which station it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bammer Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Mine at home. But i still hav my good old analog playing well too.....If they would be soon phased out in the market, then id better take the best care for my analog. It has some good lot of senti value for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thecheese Posted May 10, 2009 Share Posted May 10, 2009 Theres no digital radio here in NZ yet. There were tests being performed early to mid last year but things have gone incredibly quiet of late. We're still stuck with AM and FM analogue radio here at present. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiZtah Posted May 16, 2009 Share Posted May 16, 2009 I would love to upgrade my system in my truck to Digital BUT where I live and work you really do not want to put too much into your vehicle because when you come back.... it just might not be there anymore. That would really and I mean really frost my a$$. So I deal with AM/FM and my CD's... however at home I will from time to time tune in to one of the local stations that I listen to in the truck online, but that's about it for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brutish Sailor Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 You better believe SD is making the run for digital. All the broadcasting radio stations are waking up and smelling the JAVA on this. Higher definition music, and better quality. Its being termed on all their radio broadcast as "HD radio" That's kinda like waving a closed bottle of garlic over pizza and putting "essence of garlic" on the menu listing. When Im through, you will no what HD sounds like. KNSJ.org / 89.1 FM San Diego Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
voodoohippie Posted July 5, 2009 Share Posted July 5, 2009 That is the problem with corporate Radio they play the same 40-100 songs over and over in a loop and mix it up a little. I sure hope more cities will have Digital Radio (HD Radio) without the repetition plagued by regular Commercial Radio. Internet Radio could kill commercial Radio. As far as Pirates broadcasting on FM? In the states its risky however in areas where there are hardly any stations you could possibly run a Pirate station 1-2 watts in a small community and get away with it if you kept the signal down to about 1 mile. It would be good for say a small mobile home community of older people who like Blue Grass music or Classic Rock and there is none to fulfill the demand. Progressive Rock(Album Rock Deep Tracks),Classic Rock http://thelegacy.shorturl.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alba Posted June 15, 2010 Share Posted June 15, 2010 Digital radio is now available in Australia. The ACMA has planned and licensed digital radio services for Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. Australia is using an upgraded version of the Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) standard, called DAB+, to broadcast digital radio. DAB+ utilises VHF Band III spectrum, which is the same spectrum currently used to deliver both analog and digital television services. To listen to digital radio in Australia you need a DAB+ receiver. Digital radio services are now offered in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney by commercial radio broadcasters and national broadcasters. Designated community radio broadcasters are also eligible to begin digital radio broadcasting in these five metropolitan licence areas. The Community Broadcasting Foundation anticipates community broadcasters will begin providing digital radio services around April 2010. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m3gab0y Posted October 26, 2010 Share Posted October 26, 2010 We don't have digital radio yet, only a miserable DVB-T test (with 2 radios in it). But we do have digital TV/radio over cable/iptv/sat tv. And I don't like our local stations. Both the digital ones and those on FM. I use the Internet to listen to radio as it's more common and accessible even in areas where there is no TV/FM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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